star
verb/stɑː(r)/
/stɑːr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they star | /stɑː(r)/ /stɑːr/ |
| he / she / it stars | /stɑːz/ /stɑːrz/ |
| past simple starred | /stɑːd/ /stɑːrd/ |
| past participle starred | /stɑːd/ /stɑːrd/ |
| -ing form starring | /ˈstɑːrɪŋ/ /ˈstɑːrɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to have one of the main parts in a film, play, etc.
- star in something He starred in that movie about the crazy professor.
- star with/opposite somebody (in something) She starred opposite Cary Grant in ‘Bringing up Baby’.
- No one has yet been chosen for the starring role (= the main part).
Collocations Cinema/the moviesCinema/the moviesWatching- go to/take somebody to (see) a film
- go to/sit in (British English) the cinema/(North American English) the (movie) theater
- rent a film/DVD
- download/stream a film
- burn/copy/rip a DVD
- see/watch a film/DVD/preview/trailer
- show/screen a film
- promote/distribute/review a film
- (British English) be on at the cinema
- be released on/come out on/be out on DVD
- captivate/delight/grip/thrill the audience
- do well/badly at the box office
- get a lot of/live up to the hype
- write/co-write a film/script/screenplay
- direct/produce/make/shoot/edit a film/sequel
- make a romantic comedy/a thriller/an action movie
- do/work on a sequel/remake
- film/shoot the opening scene/an action sequence/footage (of something)
- compose/create/do/write the soundtrack
- cut/edit (out) a scene/sequence
- have/get/do an audition
- get/have/play a leading/starring/supporting role
- play a character/James Bond/the bad guy
- act in/appear in/star in a film/remake
- do/perform/attempt a stunt
- work in/make it big in Hollywood
- forge/carve/make/pursue a career in Hollywood
- the camera pulls back/pans over something/zooms in (on something)
- the camera focuses on something/lingers on something
- shoot somebody/show somebody in extreme close-up
- use odd/unusual camera angles
- be filmed/shot on location/in a studio
- be set/take place in London/in the ’60s
- have a happy ending/plot twist
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- [transitive, no passive] star somebody if a film, play, etc. stars somebody, that person has one of the main parts
- a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt
- [transitive, usually passive] to put a symbol with a shape like a star (= an asterisk) next to a word, etc. in order to make people notice it
- be starred Treat all the sections that have been starred as priority.
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Word OriginOld English steorra, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ster, German Stern, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin stella and Greek astēr.
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